40 Leaders Under Forty Previous Winners

Sponsored by InterBusiness Issues magazine, 40 Leaders Under Forty is an annual celebration of young leaders in central Illinois. Through nominations submitted by the community, 40 of the area's top business and community leaders are chosen each year and honored at a prestigious reception at the Hotel Pere Marquette.

Class of 2007

Roslyn Adams, Andrew Black, Rachel Bradford, Stephanie Calahan, Peter Cenek, Andy Chiou, Erik Christian, Brian Coffey, David Cook, Paul Cusack, Brad Deal, James Feehan, Jr., Sandy Gallant-Jones, Angel Gibson, Michael Graham, Jessica A. Guingrich, John Hafner, Alicia Hermann, Tim Hickey, Michelle Holmes-Bello, Richard LaHood, Jr., Monica Li, Lucinda Loos, Brad Mahony, Steve Mattern, G. Allen Mayer, Paige Murray, Murali Natarajan, Chad Parker, Vickie Parry, Tara Picken, Cory Reid, Brad Singer, Elizabeth Smarjesse, Ryan Spain, Nathan Thomas, Brett Tilly, Michael Unes, Allison Vershaw, and Joshua Waite.
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Class of 2006

Jill Addy, Kevin Barbier, Marcia Bolden, Michael Brown, Jeff Burtis, Jill Carnahan, Chris Coulter, Alona Dawson, James Ferolo, Jeffery Fitch, Matt George, Sarah Glover, Todd Gwillim, Troy Hattermann, Bridgette Heard, Jeromee Hermann, Matt Hertzog, Lisa Hoerr-Grandstaff, JoElyn Holmes, Andrew Honegger, Ganesh Iyer, Kathleen Jones, Jennifer Klobnak, Paul Kouri, Elizabeth Kramer, Darin Lahood, Christy Lee, Kathryn Marshall, David Milam, Shauna Musselman, Shelley Nguyen, Matthew Pendergrass, Jennifer Rusk, Kate Socha, Vicki Taufer, Larry Timm, Patrick Urich, Rebekah von Rathonyi, Kelly Walz, and Jeffrey Ward.
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Class of 2005

Jolie Alois, David Alwan, Dr. Richard Anderson, Chad Bixby, Rebecca Bollin, Heather Boore, Dr. Brian Bostwick, John Campbell, Johanna Christiansen, Karla Dennhardt, Julie Drake, Shevaun Fennell, Dr. Victoria Finkenstadt, Dr. Jacqueline Fischer, Cindy Greene, Rhonda Ham, Anthony Howard, Douglas Huff, Rodney Johnson, Dr. Daniel Joseph, Dina Kalina, Aaron Kilgore, Leonard Kuntzman, Dr. Julian Lin, Tina McNaught, Dr. John Murray, Michael Owens, Lisa Parker, Patricia Redman, Matthew Ryan, Kevin Socha, Mary Spangler, Gregory Truninger, Dr. D. Jeremy Ufert, Jeffery Ulrich, Patrick Ward, Alicia Washington, Judy White, Michelle Whited, and Elizabeth Wholf.

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Class of 2004

Kris Arvind, Mark Barrett, Amy Benecke McLaren, Kristen Berchtold, Rhonda Bessert, Lindsey Birkel, Andrew Brooks, Dave Byerly, Clay Canterbury, Dr. Leo Chen, Debra Conklin, Stephanie Deiters, Michael Dexter, Sara Dill, Dr. Eric Elwood, Megan Fulara, Kyle Ham, Charles Hanley, Mark Honeg, Lauren Howell, Robin Hunt, Barbra Kerns, Jeffrey Koch, Ric Krupps, Robert Manning, Matthew Martin, Gina Morss-Fischer, Sunil Oberoi, William Pearson, Laura Petersen, Tracy Pogue, Aaron Schock, Karoline Seitz-Goddard, Julie Snell, Michele Sullivan, Holly Teig, Dr. Suneela Vegunta, Angela Weck, Amanda Wozniak, and Dr. Sarah Zallek.

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Class of 2003

Amit Bhanti, Shelly Bleistein, Jeff Bonick, Meredith Bunch, Emily Cahill, Tony Cazzato, Jennifer Ann Delost, Stacey DelVecchio, Ellen Erlichman, Tanya Fengel, Linda Ficht, Jill Finnegan, Brent Fletcher, Laurel Frautschi, Patricia Gibson, Larry Guenther, Karen Hallam, Kenneth Imming, John Kolmer, Nathan Kress, Dr. Guiseppi Lanzino, Rick LeHew, Michael Mangold, Marc Maske, Tory McCord, Monica McGill, Michael McKenzie, Angela Moore, Charles Moore, Jon Neidy, Curt Oldfield, Amy Paul-Cassulo, Lisa Plantamura, Sid Ruckriegel, Bret Stone, Lynn Van Norman, Mike Wells, Brent Wheeler, Michelle Williams, and Nancy Wraight.

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Class of 2002

Anthony Ardis, Amy Ashley, Anthony "Toner" Babovac, Lou Blamer Millar, Julie Banta, Terry Baum, Brian Baylor, David Bjerke, Paula Buscher, Amy Converse-Schlicksup, Shelley Couri, David Crawford, Gary Deiters, David Demmin, Kelly Driscoll, Tara Flippin, David Frankel, Michael Gootee, Susan Grebner, Patrice Hess, Darin Hoffmire, Laurence Hornibrook, Terry Isbell, Peter Jennetten, Lisa Koenig, Amy Longville, Tim McCormack, Aditya "Eddie" Nath, Katherine Neumiller Schureman, Andrew Paulson, Troy Roberts, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Thomas Schlink, Stacey Storms, Jennifer Streitmatter, Ian Trahan, William Turner, Tim Warner, David Wentworth, and Timothy Williams.

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Class of 2001

Lois Bentler-Lampe, SueAnn Billimack, Laura Bouchard, Susannah Bowles, David Braun, Jeffrey Brooks, Maureen Broy, Eric Bugaieski, Kim Cioni, William Connor, James DeRose, Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, Rich Draeger, Christopher Duncan II, Golda Ewalt, Jim Faulkner, Don Forrest, Anthony Frank, Brian Geier, Bruce Hay, Michael Gibbons, Tom Higgins, Tony Johnson, Matthew Jones, Laura Ray Kelly, John Kocher, Anne McSorley, Timothy Neuhauser, Kristen Noble, Christina Nulty, Jeffrey Palmer, David Smith, Regina Spears, Michael Stephan, Andrea Stephens, Kelly Stickelmaier, Winston Stoller, Tonda Thompson, David Wang, and Sharon Williams.

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Class of 2000

Dr. Meenakshy Aiyer, Scott Altorfer, Erica Baird, Jennifer Brackney, Teri Cook, Shelli Dankoff McClellan, Timothy Drew, Janet Duffy, Kristen Emmert Shaner, April Gould, Yvonne Greer Batton, D. Neale Hanley, Barbara Hawk, Matt Hefflefinger, Jon Hubbert, Dan Kerns, Jeff Kolbus, Jeff Livengood, Jim Montelongo, Dr. Michael Namanny, Michael Nauman, Cindy Neal, Michael O'Brien, Maria Patricia Olson, Kevin O'Shaughnessy, Terrill Purvis, Carolyn Shinn, Mark Shoopman, Susan Sinclair, Lori Sonnemaker, Fisher Stolz, Jerry Stoneburner, David Tuttle, Keith Wagler, Gayle Wallis, Shanell Williams, Lisa Wilson, Becky Wood, Rich Zehr, and David Zimmerman.

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Class of 1999

Gary Allen, Sam Amick, Kirk L. Anderson, John Avendano, Todd Baker, Mary Bell, Stephanie Bussey, William Christ, Donna Cruz, Kelly Funke, Brigitte Grant, Grant Grebner, Tracey Greenwood, Susan Grzanich, Chris Heintzelman, Virnette House-Browning, Kent Huntsman, Monica Jagiella, Beth Jensen, Ken Kavanagh, Kimberly King, Tim Krueger, Hector Martinez, Doug Parsons, Jeff Randolph, Kristen Reed, William Robertson, Brian Sajko, Tom Sargeant, Laura Schoon, Lisa Scott, Dianna Stookey-Anderson, James Stowell, Ann Strasma, Kip Strasma, Tracey Techau, Tim Vega, Tamara Waterworth, John Wetzel, and John Wiesler.

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Class of 1998

Tony Benavidez, Michelle Bernier, David Bielfeldt, Alma Brown, Tim Butler, Joan Carroll, Maria Cimadevilla, Leslie Cohen, Kathryn Connor, Mary Corrigan, Jeni Couri, Ellen Davies, Doug Draear, Pete Fandel, Robert Ferlmann, Gregory Gerontes, Robert Goodman, Michael Gudat, Ron Helms, Don Johnson, Mary Jane Johnson, Mark Jordan, Gregory Ketay, Kathy Kujawa, Bill Kwon, Sally McKee, Marcy Morgan, Mark Nelan, W. Greg Nulty, Lynn O'Brien, Katherine O'Hara, Charli Oliver, Peter Russell, Tony Schierbeck, Mark Scott, Janet Smith, Sarah Stout, Matt Taphorn, Julie Vaughn, and Cathy Williams.

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Class of 1997

Jenny Blum, Bruce Budde, Brian Buralli, Vickie Clark, Felicia Curland, Laurie Donlan, Patty Edwards Lindstrom, William Fleming, Michael Hall, Julie Halpin, Julie Hammond, Sally Hanley, Bridget Hinds Nelan, Nathan Hoerr, Thomas Hoerr, Deveraux Hubbard, Karen Jensen, Sherry Laible-White, Daniel Ludolph, Denise Mammolito, Christopher Monroe, Theresa Murphy, Jeffrey Parmenter, Gary Pearl, Philip Ratcliff, Melanie Riley, Jean Rose, Joseph Runkle, Julie Russell, Calvin Rychener, Jill Scherer, Thomas Schlehuber, Allyson Schneider, Michael Schubach, James Stevenson, Pat Taphorn, Henry Vicary, John Wieland, Molly Wilson, and Mike Zeller.

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Class of 1996

Bob Anderson, Debbie Baker, Phillip Barkley, Sigurd Bjorklund, Sandy Bronson, Kimberly Brooks-Miller Sink, Stanley Butler, Guy Cahill, Drew Cassidy, Sheryl Cohen, Daniel Daly, Todd Davis, Timothy Donnelly, Cindy Hamilton, Michael Hanson, Dean Heinzmann, Daniel Hellige, Charles Hemmer II, Gregory Hunziker, Perry Johnson, Paul Kinsinger, Scott Klaus, Kent David Kowalske, Kathy Lewis Anderson, Cheryl Long Kuppler, Stanley Lynall, Daniel Maloof, Julie Martin, Nathan Martin, Bradley McMillan, Carol Merna, Peter Nichols, Andrea Dawn Parker, Raymond Perisin, Colleen Runkle, John Sauder, Lisa Schlehuber, Michael Seghetti, Terry Waters, and Michael Wiesehan.

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Class of 1995

Frank Abdnour, Raylana Anderson, Colette Bailey, Randy Belsley, Molly Burroughs, Calvin Butler III, Cal Cheney, Timothy Church, Stephen Cicciarelli, James Corkery, Thomas Cunningham, Denis Cyr, Rod Getz, Marsha Goodale, Robert Haight, Michelle Heiden, Jon Henderson, Richard Horndasch, George Jacob, Lynne Jalovec, Richard Joseph, Timothy Kirk, Karl Kuppler, Janet Lange, Michael Leali, Kevin Lyons, Lauren Malmberg, John Morris, Kelli Nichols, Michael Platt, Jonathan Rocke, Laura Schelly, Mark Schleder, Pamela Schubach, Carol Sears, James Shadid, Delayne Spain, Michael Stessman, David Vroman, and Craig Young.

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Class of 1994

Joe Alesandrini, Mary Ardapple, Greg Ayers, James Barrack, Laraine Bryson, John Butler, Gilda Cardenosa, Lester Chambers, Diane Cullinan Oberhelman, Gregory Edwards, Jeffery Giebelhausen, Michael Hoeft, Sharon Holling, Taunya Jenkins, Mark Johann, Tucker Kennedy, Steve Kouri, Jimmie Lane, Philip Lockwood, Daniel Maloof, Kimberley McCoy, Jim Molinari, Robert Moore, Alan Pearson, Tony Pisano, Demetrius Randle, Joe Russell, Kim Sanders, Timothy Saurs, Gary Shadid, Douglas Shull, Bill Spears, Steve Thompson, Dennis Upah, Carol Urish, Eddie Urish, Rocky Vonachen III, Marybeth Williams, Anthony Wysinger, and Helen Young.

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